This page provides a starting point for finding information about web services.
Web services are self-contained, modular applications that can be described, published, located, and invoked over a network. They implement a services oriented architecture (SOA), which supports the connecting or sharing of resources and data in a very flexible and standardized manner. Services are described and organized to support their dynamic, automated discovery and reuse.
A search of the classloader for potential JAXB classes is performed every time a web services application is invoked. If the search process for your application is lengthy, there are ways to reduce the amount of time the system spends creating the JAXBContext for your application.
When using Web Services Security for message-level protection of SOAP message in WebSphere® Application Server, the choice of configuration options can affect the performance of the application.
Modifying certain settings, such as heap size, can help to improve the performance of your system.
You can use the administrative console or a Jacl script to tune performance settings for service integration bus-enabled web services.